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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...knows precisely what to do with the 20th century anyway? We live in a time when men may be standing on the surface of the moon and other men may be transplanting human brains. You've got to look for equilibrium somewhere. The Catholic church could stand a million improvements, and it's going to have to have them, but it is better than the great foggy unknown...
...jolt will enable the Apollo to escape the moon's gravitational pull and start the three astronauts speeding back to earth. Just 7½ days after takeoff, Apollo 8 should parachute into the Pacific. Total distance traveled (exclusive of the ten rides around the moon): nearly half a million miles...
...commercial phenomenon in the music business. To keep up the momentum that started in Moscow in 1958, Cliburn plays a punishing concert schedule of well over 100 appearances a year. At fees that start at $7,500 for a solo appearance, this means that he makes something like a million dollars a year, including record royalties -although he coyly denies that he is rich ("Heavens, no!"). Furthermore, the travel, the friendship of the famous, the adoring crowds and the publicity are heady stimulation to someone who is instinctively a performer. "I'm not the kind of person who would...
...miracle remains elusive. Last week the Board of Trade reported that Britain's trade deficit rose to $158.4 million in October-double the September deficit-as exports dropped sharply and imports climbed to a near-record level. The trade deficit for the whole year is now expected to reach $1.68 billion, the highest figure since 1951. As one consequence, instead of achieving the "substantial surplus" in its overall balance of payments that Wilson foresaw, Britain is heading for a $600 million deficit this year...
Massive Effort. A ragged society seemed more likely not so long ago. As recently as 1965, political squabbles got Singapore booted out of the then three-year-old Malaysian Federation, and factories built to serve the federation's 10 million population fell on hard times. Then, rising unemployment among Singapore's 585,000-member labor force raised fears of a Communist takeover...